Ohio State Route 618
State highway in Washington County, Ohio, US
State Route 618 (SR 618) is a 7.45-mile (11.99 km) long east–west state highway in the southeastern quadrant of the U.S. state of Ohio. The western terminus of SR 618 is at an interchange with the concurrency of U.S. Route 50 (US 50), SR 7 and SR 32 about 3.25 miles (5.23 km) west of Belpre. Its eastern terminus is in northern Belpre at an interchange with SR 7.
Route description
All of SR 618 runs through the southwestern portion of Washington County. This highway is not included as a part of the National Highway System (NHS). The NHS is a system of routes deemed to be most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the country.
History
SR 618 was applied in 1937. The highway was originally routed along what is now SR 7 and SR 32 and, in part, US 50, from the point that marks the western terminus of SR 618 into Belpre. Meanwhile, what is now designated as SR 618 was the routing of US 50 and SR 7 at the time.
In 1965, SR 618 and US 50/SR 7 switched alignments.
“Ohio State Route 618” enters the record as state highway in Washington County, Ohio, US. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Ohio, State and Route can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Ohio State Route 618” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Ohio, State and Route provides the most credible route into that argument.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 2, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2492707. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1937 and 1965.
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This entry incorporates text from “Ohio State Route 618” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.